PdaNet - use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

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Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

PdaNet is a free utility that once installed both on your Mac and your Android PDA enables you to use your device as a USB modem (to "tether" it as it is commonly referred to). In this example I used the HTC Legend with a MacBook Pro running MacOS 10.6.2

On the Mac, download the PdaNet Desktop application from JuneFabrics - http://www.junefabrics.com/android/mac.php

Ensure that the Android device is not connected to the Mac via USB at this point.

Launch the installer:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Click Continue:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Click Install, you will be warned that the installation will require a reboot of the Mac:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Click Continue Installation. The required drivers will be copied to the Mac. When complete, click Restart

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Once rebooted, a new icon will be added to the Menu bar for the PdaNet application:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

On the Android PDA, browse for PdaNet in the Android Market and download the client application. A new icon will be added to the Menu:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Connect the PDA to the Mac. A new network interface will be detected:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

(NOTE - on most Macs the network adapter ID will be en2 or en3, mine is only en10 as I have tested a number of mobile devices and my mac is a bit of a mess as a result!)

Select the option to open Network Preferences, the new adapter will be displayed:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Click Apply, there is no need to make any changes to the adapter settings.

On the Android PDA launch the PdaNet application:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

Select the option to Enable USB Tether.

On the Mac, click on the Menu bar icon and select the option to Connect:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

After a few moments the Internet connection will be established, and the Menu bar icon will adjust to include an icon of a globe:

Use your Android device as a USB modem with MacOS

You are now connected to the Internet.